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New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In September 2023, a capsule containing the pristine asteroid sample returned to Earth, landing in the Utah desert in the United States. Since then, an international team of scientists—of which ...
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NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a ... The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land ...
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NASA's first asteroid sample lands in Utah
The spiraling consequences underline the real-world harms from Donald Trump's upending of decades-old U.S. initiatives.
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NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Bennu was the target for NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mission ... and then brought that sample back to Earth for a landing in the Utah desert in September 2023. While the odds of Bennu ...
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Are we all aliens? NASA’s returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...